Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-04-28
GENERAL.

Union. at Cork, Ireland. the otner day, was
fired at and wounded in the head and
shoulders with backshot- He was unpopu-
lar and had been vigorously boycotted.
THE former native ruler OF Tongi has
been arrested by the Sultan of Zanzibar for
making an unsuccessful attack on the Por
tuguese garrison there
TIE Prince of Wales has consented to act
as honorary president of the proposed ex-
hibition at Melbourne, Australia, next year.
GENERAL BAzAINE, ex-Marshal of France,
who has for several years resided in exile
in Madrid. was attacked on the 18th by a
Frencbman who, exclaiming, ''J'ai avengc
ma patrie," plunged poniard into the side
of his head. Bazaine was dangerously
wounded. The assassin was arrested
THE steamer ashore off Bonlfacio, Cor
sica, was the Tasmania, of the Peninsular
and Oriental Navigation Company There
was not the loss of life as at first reported.
THE second reading of the Irish Crimes
bill passed the House of Commons on the
18th.
THE Khan OF Bokhara recently dis
covered that his ministers had been plot
ting against him for encouraging the Rus
sian advance southwark contrary to his
fathers wishes and accordingly beheaded
several of them.
PARNELL declares the letter published in
the London Times connecting him with the
Phoenix park murders was a forgery
PARwANA, the Afghan commander sent
by the Ameer of Afghanistan with force
of 5000 men to avenge the recent massacre
of Gholam Haider Khan, the Governor of
Maruf. by the Ghilzais, whose rebellion he
set out to suppress, was met and routed
south of GhuZni by the rebels.
THE conferences between the delegates Of
the Austrian and Hungarian Governments
have resulted in Il unanimous decision to
maintain the existing compromise.
THE Paris Temps says the malady from
which the German Crown Prince is suffer
ing is cancer of the tongue.
THE main points of the new commercial
treaty between Japan and the foreign
powers have been arranged.
AN Irish sergeant who had been en-
ployed IN a confidential capacity at Wool
witch arsenal, England, has been degraded
and dismissed for selling secrets of the Of
fee.
GENERAL BoULANGER. the French Minis
ter of War, has reduced his estimates for
the army by $4,000, 900 francs.
SIX more men arrested for completely in
the plot to assassinate the Car on the 18th
of March, have been sentenced to death.
Other conspirators have been sentenced to
Imprisonment for life.
A BILL for the total prohibition of the
liquor traffic IN the colony of Newfoundland
was defeated in the Assembly recently by
RUSSIA has issued four per cent. internal
loan amounting to 100 00O, 900 roubles at
eighty-four per cent. The imposition of
passport tax has been temporarily post
poned.
THE news of the defeat of the Ghilzais,
by the Ameer's troops at Marut, on the
road to Ghuzni, has been confirmed. The
pretended report of victory o. the rebels
over the Ameer's forces is discredited at
the India Office. Nothing is known of any
fighting, beyond the defeat inflicted on the
Ghilzais as already reported, and the vic
tory of the Ameer's troops now telegraphed
from Calcutta.
Nj. SCHNABLE, special French Commits
sary at Pagny-sur- Mose1le department, has
been arrested by German police. The ar
rest gave rise to considerable war talk in
Paris newspapers.
ARcHBIsHoP LYNCH, of Toronto, has
ing him not to come to Canada to denounce
the evlctions the Irish estates of Gov
ernor General Lansdowne.
ANTI-CONFEDERATION resolutions were
introduced in the Nova Scotia Legislature
recently There was talk of annexation to
the United States.
THE schooner Nellie Blanche arrived at
Key West recently from Cozumel, Mexico,
with a Mexican official on board. he
official was put on board to take the vessel
fused to go out of their way and despite
international complication is likely to arise
over the affair
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